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Griffin Prospect

Occurrence in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025146
MRDS ID K000111
Record type Site
Current site name Griffin Prospect
Related records 10154387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.12512, 36.39869 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 0.75 MILES WEST OF WINNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keenburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES PROVIDE LOCATION NEAR CENTER OF AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.12512, 36.39869
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TRACTS PROSPECTED ARE ON THE LOWER BENCHES OF STONY CREEK VALLEY AND ADJACENT SLOPES. THE BENCHES AND SLOPES ARE MADE UP LARGELY OF THE HELENMODE MEMBER OF THE ERWIN FORMATION, BUT ON THE WESTERN RIDGE THE MEMBER IS OVERLAIN BY RESIDUAL CLAYS OF THE SHADY.DOLOMITE, WHICH FORM TWO SMALL THIN REMIANTS. THE AREA IS TRAVERSED BY A SMALL FAULT DOWNTHROWN TO THENORTHWEST WHICH IS PART OF THE EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF FAULTS IN THIS PART OF HOLSTON MOUNTAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Virginia, Iron Coal & Coke Co.

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • 130 PROSPECT PITS & TRENCHES IN AREA

Comments on development

  • NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTIONBUT 130 PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING AND OTHERS NOT ENCOURAGING

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING ETAL NOR ENCOURAGING

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING, P.B. AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME PITS IN CLAY SHOW SMALL NODULES OF IRON OXIDE & A FEW HARD MN OXIDES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900-1910 IRON; 1925 MANGANESE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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